The Clue
CAT, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAN
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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Cat ___
Examine
Eyeball
Peruse
Read
Scrutinize
Survey
Analyze poetry
Analyze verse
Be metrical
Digitize, in a way
Electronic reading
Employ radar
Glance over
Look over
Pore over
Radar sweep
Read a meter
Read quickly
Scrutinize carefully
Search, as the horizon
Skim through
Diagnostic test, of a sort
Have a look-see
Mayo Clinic test
Preparation for surgery, perhaps
Read a bar code
Read, as bar codes
Some camera work
Take an electronic picture of
Use an optical reader
View by computer tomography
Word with brain or price
Go up and down the dial
Definition
SCAN as a noun:
1. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
2. (scan, CAT scan) = an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
SCAN as a verb:
1. examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
2. (scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down) = examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
3. make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
4. conform to a metrical pattern
5. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
6. read metrically; "scan verses"
7. (read, scan) = obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"